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Ipomoea clavata

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(G. Don) van Ooststroom ex J.F. Macbride

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Gloria de la Manana
• Quiebra Cajete (Guatemala)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• secondary forest
• thickets
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Dec-Jan (Guatemala)
• May (Bolivia)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Jan

Large perennial herbaceous twiner to 5m with stem & petioles pilose with stiff white hairs. Glabrous 3-lobed mucronate leaves to 120mm long x 150mm wide. Axillary cymes, flowers colours range from blue or pink to violet with bicolors, flowers with bracteoles to 2mm, glabrous sepals 28mm x 10mm, blue, violet or white glabrous corolla to 110mm long with white tube & blue limb. Glabrous 25mm long brown capsule.

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• Kew
• Standley